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Criteria of success for engineering accident investigations: a question-centered account European Journal for Philosophy of Science (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2024-03-18
Abstract Engineering accident investigations are systematic inquiries into the facts and causes of engineering accidents. The aims of an engineering accident investigation include identifying significant truths about an accident, learning lessons to prevent similar future accidents, and authoritatively communicating the investigative results to the stakeholders. An important normative dimension along
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The scale of two cities: the geographies of Paris and London in the 1720s Notes and Records (IF 0.4) Pub Date : 2024-03-13 Michael Heffernan
This essay considers an early eighteenth-century quarrel about the geographical dimensions of Paris and London. The dispute involved representatives of the Académie Royale des Sciences in Paris and the Royal Society in London. The three participants—Guillaume Delisle (1675–1726), Jean-Jacques Dortous de Mairan (1678–1771) and Peter Davall (?–1763)—were French, the first two resident in Paris, the third
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The Anatomy of Galileo’s Anagram Early Science and Medicine (IF 0.3) Pub Date : 2024-03-15 Eileen Reeves
This essay offers a new reading of Galileo’s most celebrated anagram, incorporating both the prehistory of his late-1610 disclosure concerning the moon-like phases of Venus, and the awkward “leftover letters,” o and y, of the eventual cypher. It argues for a sustained analogy between components of the optical instrument, musical instruments, and particular anatomical structures described by Galen and
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Book Publishing and Geometrical Skills in the Career of Sébastien Le Clerc Early Science and Medicine (IF 0.3) Pub Date : 2024-03-15 Oded Rabinovitch
Sébastien Le Clerc was born into a family of goldsmiths in Lorraine, and received classical artisanal training. Yet over the course of a highly successful career as an engraver, he also became a widely published scientific author. This paper argues that geometrical skills played a key role in the dual development of Le Clerc’s career, and in his striving for recognition as a man of letters, as well
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Forbidden Books and Royal Horoscopes: the Practice and Censorship of Astrology in Early Modern Portugal Early Science and Medicine (IF 0.3) Pub Date : 2024-03-15 Luís Campos Ribeiro, Francisco Malta Romeiras
In sixteenth-century Lisbon, Aires Vaz and Manuel Rodrigues were summoned to the Inquisition on account of their astrological practices. Records of the trial of Vaz and Rodrigues provide valuable information regarding the training and practice of an astrologer in sixteenth-century Portugal. Prior to this study, however, our knowledge on these matters was scarce and mostly indirect. In this article
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Mathematics and Experience Foundations of Science (IF 0.9) Pub Date : 2024-03-13
Abstract The question of whether mathematics depends on experience, including experience of the external world, is problematic because, while it is clear that natural sciences depend on experience, it is not clear that mathematics depends on experience. Indeed, several mathematicians and philosophers think that mathematics does not depend on experience, and this is also the view of mainstream philosophy
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Revising historical geography reviews Journal of Historical Geography (IF 1.031) Pub Date : 2024-03-13 Emily Hayes, Roberto Chauca Tapia
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Unexpected quantum indeterminacy European Journal for Philosophy of Science (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2024-03-11 Andrea Oldofredi
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Joseph Bancroft’s discovery of Fusarium Wilt of banana Historical Records of Australian Science (IF 0.3) Pub Date : 2024-03-06 Malcolm J. Ryley, Andre Drenth
In the early decades of British settlement at Sydney Cove in 1788, the struggling colonials tried their hand at growing edible bananas but invariably failed. However, they grew extremely well in the Moreton Bay colony (Brisbane) and over time banana growing became an important agricultural industry there, particularly after the introduction of the Cavendish variety. All was progressing well until a
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Contrast classes and agreement in climate modeling European Journal for Philosophy of Science (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2024-03-07 Corey Dethier
In an influential paper, Wendy Parker argues that agreement across climate models isn’t a reliable marker of confirmation in the context of cutting-edge climate science. In this paper, I argue that while Parker’s conclusion is generally correct, there is an important class of exceptions. Broadly speaking, agreement is not a reliable marker of confirmation when the hypotheses under consideration are
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Using Pictorial Representations as Story-Telling Foundations of Science (IF 0.9) Pub Date : 2024-03-04 Sim-Hui Tee
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The Intersection of Knowledge Management, the Jacobi Method, and Operational Research: A Paradigmatic Example of Serendipity Foundations of Science (IF 0.9) Pub Date : 2024-03-01 F. D. de la Peña, D. Lizcano, J. Pazos, P. Smith
In this paper we present a paradigmatic example of the use in knowledge management of techniques from other fields, namely mathematical analysis. We also highlight that the Jacobi method presented here takes precedence over the better known Hungarian method. Finally, we signify that the Jacobi method represents the first known or recognized case of serendipity in both knowledge management and operational
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Securing the boundaries of wilderness in northern Alaska, 1892–1950 Journal of Historical Geography (IF 1.031) Pub Date : 2024-02-26 Jonathan Luedee
This paper examines the socio-ecological implications of reindeer-caribou hybridization during the rise and collapse of the reindeer industry in Alaska. Following their introduction in the late nineteenth century, reindeer populations increased dramatically as herds spread throughout the territory. As populations increased, domesticated reindeer often escaped from their herds and ran off with migratory
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G. P. Darnell-Smith and the introduction of copper carbonate ‘dry pickling’ of wheat seed Historical Records of Australian Science (IF 0.3) Pub Date : 2024-02-23 G. M. Murray
George Percy Darnell-Smith (1868–1942) was the second plant pathologist appointed to the New South Wales Department of Agriculture. Although he founded the Microbiology Branch (later Plant Pathology Branch) and wrote articles on many plant diseases, his noteworthy contribution was developing the ‘dry pickle’ treatment for common bunt of wheat during the 1910s. Darnell-Smith built on the knowledge gained
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How interdisciplinary researchers see themselves: plurality of understandings of interdisciplinarity within a field and why it matters European Journal for Philosophy of Science (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2024-02-23 Jaana Eigi-Watkin, Katrin Velbaum, Edit Talpsepp, Endla Lõhkivi
It is widely acknowledged that interdisciplinarity (ID) is very diverse. Our contribution is a demonstration that considerable diversity exists also on the level of understandings of ID that researchers working in the same ID field express. Specifically, we analyse qualitatively, building on the method of culture contrast, six interviews with researchers working in computational linguistics and language
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The epistemic status of reproducibility in political fact-checking European Journal for Philosophy of Science (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2024-02-23 Alejandro Fernández-Roldan, David Teira
Fact-checking agencies assess and score the truthfulness of politicians’ claims to foster their electoral accountability. Fact-checking is sometimes presented as a quasi-scientific activity, based on reproducible verification protocols that would guarantee an unbiased assessment. We will study these verification protocols and discuss under which conditions fact-checking could achieve effective reproducibility
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Physicists’ views on scientific realism European Journal for Philosophy of Science (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2024-02-21 Céline Henne, Hannah Tomczyk, Christoph Sperber
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Quantum ontology without textbooks. Nor overlapping European Journal for Philosophy of Science (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2024-02-21 Cristian Lopez
In this paper, I critically assess two recent proposals for an interpretation-independent understanding of non-relativistic quantum mechanics: the overlap strategy (Fraser & Vickers, 2022) and the textbook account (Egg, 2021). My argument has three steps. I first argue that they presume a Quinean-Carnapian meta-ontological framework that yields flat, structureless ontologies. Second, such ontologies
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Is it Possible to Empirically Test a Metatheory? Foundations of Science (IF 0.9) Pub Date : 2024-02-20 Ariel Jonathan Roffé, José Díez
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Adding causality to the information-theoretic perspective on individuality European Journal for Philosophy of Science (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2024-02-16 Pierrick Bourrat
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Demons, spirits, and haunted landscapes in Palestine Journal of Historical Geography (IF 1.031) Pub Date : 2024-02-15 Amer A. Al-Qobbaj, David J. (Sandy) Marshall, Loay A. Alsaud
In recent decades, a spectral turn has animated geography and related fields like archaeology, memory studies, and landscape studies, examining how places can be haunted by the ghosts of the past, with heavy emphasis on metaphorical specters and spirits. The geography of spirits and other unseen forces presented here takes a less metaphorical approach to haunted landscapes. This paper examines how
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“A new power: Photography in Britain, 1800–1850” 1 February – 7 May 2023 ST Lee Gallery, Bodleian Weston Library, Oxford Journal of Historical Geography (IF 1.031) Pub Date : 2024-02-13 Susan C. Squibb
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The color of preservation: Black historic placemaking in New York City Journal of Historical Geography (IF 1.031) Pub Date : 2024-02-12 Brian J. Godfrey
Since 1965, New York City's Landmark Preservation Commission (LPC) has listed over 37,900 buildings and sites, overwhelmingly located in 156 historic districts. While official landmark criteria have not changed, designation reports reveal shifting narratives of place and race. I examine historic placemaking in Black-identified districts, focusing on how designation rationales have evolved. Evidence
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Introduction: The Future of Religion as Humans Expand into Space Theology and Science (IF 0.6) Pub Date : 2024-02-11 Jaimie Gunderson, J. W. Traphagan
This special issue addresses some of the many discourses related to religion and outer space with attention to the impacts that space exploration, space expansionism, and encounters with extraterre...
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Compassionate AI and the Alignment Problem Theology and Science (IF 0.6) Pub Date : 2024-02-11 Mark Graves, Jane Compson, Ali-Reza Bhojani, Cyrus Olsen, Thomas Arnold
Published in Theology and Science (Vol. 22, No. 1, 2024)
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Do You Trust Science? Theology and Science (IF 0.6) Pub Date : 2024-02-11 Ted Peters
Published in Theology and Science (Vol. 22, No. 1, 2024)
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What Can We Reasonably Predict Concerning Alien Religion and Ethics? Theology and Science (IF 0.6) Pub Date : 2024-02-11 Kelly C. Smith
It is very easy to be pessimistic concerning what we can know of possible aliens, much less what we can know of their religious or ethical beliefs. Nevertheless, I make the attempt by laying out a ...
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Being Perspectivist on Information System Ontologies Foundations of Science (IF 0.9) Pub Date : 2024-02-07 Timothy Tambassi
Insofar as disagreement may in principle regard most of (maybe all) facets of information system ontologies’ [ISOs] debate, it may also produce a plurality of views – sometimes inconsistent with each other – on ISOs’ development and design. This paper analyzes a view that makes the recognition of – and provides a theoretical foundation for – such a plurality of views a trademark: perspectivism (on
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Reactivity in the human sciences European Journal for Philosophy of Science (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2024-02-08 Caterina Marchionni, Julie Zahle, Marion Godman
The reactions that science triggers on the people it studies, describes, or theorises about, can affect the science itself and its claims to knowledge. This phenomenon, which we call reactivity, has been discussed in many different areas of the social sciences and the philosophy of science, falling under different rubrics such as the Hawthorne effect, self-fulfilling prophecies, the looping effects
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Identity and Extensionality in Boffa Set Theory Philosophia Mathematica (IF 1.1) Pub Date : 2024-02-08 Nuno Maia, Matteo Nizzardo
Boffa non-well-founded set theory allows for several distinct sets equal to their respective singletons, the so-called ‘Quine atoms’. Rieger contends that this theory cannot be a faithful description of set-theoretic reality. He argues that, even after granting that there are non-well-founded sets, ‘the extensional nature of sets’ precludes numerically distinct Quine atoms. In this paper we uncover
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Ethnobiological kinds and material grounding: comments on Ludwig European Journal for Philosophy of Science (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2024-02-05 Thomas A. C. Reydon, Marc Ereshefsky
In a recent article, David Ludwig proposed to reorient the debate on natural kinds away from inquiring into the naturalness of kinds and toward elucidating the materiality of kinds. This article responds to Ludwig’s critique of a recently proposed account of kinds and classification, the Grounded Functionality Account, against which Ludwig offsets his own account, and criticizes Ludwig’s proposal to
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Science and values: a two-way direction European Journal for Philosophy of Science (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2024-02-05 Emanuele Ratti, Federica Russo
In the science and values literature, scholars have shown how science is influenced and shaped by values, often in opposition to the ‘value free’ ideal of science. In this paper, we aim to contribute to the science and values literature by showing that the relation between science and values flows not only from values into scientific practice, but also from (allegedly neutral) science to values themselves
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Geobiographies of prominent Polish painters: Changing hierarchies of art cities and patterns of artistic migrations from 1760 to 1939 Journal of Historical Geography (IF 1.031) Pub Date : 2024-01-29 Jarosław Działek
In the field of art studies, there is a growing interest in data-driven approaches to analyse the spatial organisation of art worlds. Biographical databases of notable individuals have been used to uncover the emergence and decline of globally significant art cities, while less attention has been given to peripheral art systems. This paper aims to address this gap by utilising a curated dataset that
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Extra-Terrestrials or Terrestrial Heretics? Being Green in the Middle Ages Theology and Science (IF 0.6) Pub Date : 2024-01-31 Rosamund M. Gammie, Adam Foxon
In this paper, we seek to propose a novel solution to the Green Children of Woolpit, a twelfth-century “alien” mystery by approaching the “otherworldly” through a terrestrial, theological lens. In ...
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Habitability as a historical category for interpreting the Anthropocene Journal of Historical Geography (IF 1.031) Pub Date : 2024-01-27 Mauricio Onetto Pavez
The article examines the development of a new discourse on habitability in the sixteenth century, which breaks with the ancient notion that distinguished between habitable and uninhabitable spaces according to their climate and location. In it, a new conception of the world as completely habitable and exploitable is articulated, and the European ideal of a temperate climate as a reference to characterize
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Broken brakes and dreaming drivers: the heuristic value of causal models in the law European Journal for Philosophy of Science (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2024-01-25 Enno Fischer
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Contesting monuments, challenging narratives: Divergent approaches to dealing with the colonial past and its legacies in Lisbon, Portugal Journal of Historical Geography (IF 1.031) Pub Date : 2024-01-22 Sofia Lovegrove, Raquel Rodrigues Machaqueiro
Portugal was the longest modern European imperial power, yet the dominant historical narrative is characterised by a celebration of the ‘Discoveries’ and a denial of colonial violence. This is visible in Lisbon's public space, dotted with monuments and statues glorifying the imperial past, while occluding less convenient histories. Especially since 2017, more attention has been given to Portugal's
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Raymond Leslie Martin 1926–2020 Historical Records of Australian Science (IF 0.3) Pub Date : 2024-01-19 Lisandra L. Martin
Ray Martin (1926–2020) was a talented and successful academic and leader, who won numerous awards and made discoveries that changed fundamental knowledge of the sub-discipline of physical inorganic chemistry. His journey over more than 90 years is one that demonstrates that he was one of nature’s gentlemen, who enjoyed sports, arts and people. He was passionate about science and discovery, and through
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Theorem proving in artificial neural networks: new frontiers in mathematical AI European Journal for Philosophy of Science (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2024-01-20
Abstract Computer assisted theorem proving is an increasingly important part of mathematical methodology, as well as a long-standing topic in artificial intelligence (AI) research. However, the current generation of theorem proving software have limited functioning in terms of providing new proofs. Importantly, they are not able to discriminate interesting theorems and proofs from trivial ones. In
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To Make a Mind—A Primer on Conscious Robots Theology and Science (IF 0.6) Pub Date : 2024-01-18 Mois Navon
The dream of making a conscious humanoid – whether as servant, guard, entertainer, or simply as testament to human creativity – has long captivated the human imagination. However, while past attemp...
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Preserving Whose City? Memory, Place, and Identity in Rio de Janeiro, Brian J. Godfrey, Rowman, Littlefield, Lanham (Eds.) (2021), 223 pp. US$39.00 paperback Journal of Historical Geography (IF 1.031) Pub Date : 2024-01-16 Ana Gisele Ozaki
Abstract not available
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Wattle gall—the quintessential Australian plant disease Historical Records of Australian Science (IF 0.3) Pub Date : 2024-01-11 Malcolm J. Ryley
Acacia (the wattles) is the largest genus of plants in Australia and its species occupy almost every habitat in the country. Hard galls on the branches, phyllodes and flower parts of wattle trees were noticed from the very early days of British colonisation, but their causes were unknown. Some insects were believed to be involved, but they were not the only cause of wattle galls. In 1889, the Italian
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Transubstantiation Through the Lens of Spacetime Substantivalism Theology and Science (IF 0.6) Pub Date : 2024-01-13 Travis Dumsday
The doctrine of transubstantiation (as understood by Aquinas and much subsequent Roman Catholic theology) involves the counter-intuitive claim that accidents can come to exist independently of any ...
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A World Without Hunger: Josué de Castro and the History of Geography, Archie Davies (Ed.), Liverpool University Press, Liverpool (2022), p. 272, Open access, PDF/EPUB Journal of Historical Geography (IF 1.031) Pub Date : 2024-01-04 Dirceu Marroquim
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Original Sin, Human Evolution, and Gene–Culture Interactions Theology and Science (IF 0.6) Pub Date : 2024-01-05 Phillip Goggans, Patrick McDonald
We engage Robin Collins' Historical Idealist model, i.e. that the Fall occurred in history though not as a “one-off” distorting our “spiritual substance”. God aimed to bring humans closer to the Go...
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Space Expansion and Politico-Religious Ideology: A Consideration of Civil Religion and the Future of Space Exploration Theology and Science (IF 0.6) Pub Date : 2024-01-05 J. W. Traphagan
In this article, I focus on the question of how religion may evolve as a social institution that shapes behavior as colonization of the solar system unfolds. I argue here that space exploration in ...
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Metaphysical indeterminacy in Everettian quantum mechanics European Journal for Philosophy of Science (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2024-01-04 David Glick, Baptiste Le Bihan
The question of whether Everettian quantum mechanics (EQM) justifies the existence of metaphysical indeterminacy has recently come to the fore. Metaphysical indeterminacy has been argued to emerge from three sources: coherent superpositions, the indefinite number of branches in the quantum multiverse and the nature of these branches. This paper reviews the evidence and concludes that those arguments
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Inductive risk and epistemically detrimental dissent in policy-relevant science European Journal for Philosophy of Science (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2024-01-03 Tyler Paetkau
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Toward a more natural historical attitude European Journal for Philosophy of Science (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2024-01-03 Todd Grantham
Modeling his position on Arthur Fine’s Natural Ontological Attitude, Derek Turner proposed the Natural Historical Attitude. Although these positions share a family resemblance, Turner’s position differs from Fine’s in two important ways. First, Fine’s contextualism is more fine-grained. Second, Turner’s argument for metaphysical agnosticism seems to lead to the implausible conclusion that we should
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UFOs in Early Christianity: The Pleasures of Alternative Histories Theology and Science (IF 0.6) Pub Date : 2023-12-31 Jaimie Gunderson
This essay employs the framework of affect theory to explore the role of emotions in producing and sustaining attachments to UFO narratives in episodes from early Christian history. Why, I ask, do ...
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On the Ontotheology of Nature Theology and Science (IF 0.6) Pub Date : 2023-12-28 Said Mikki
This article presents a study of the ontotheology of nature, a philosophical and theological approach that synthesizes ideas from ontotheology and the philosophy of nature. The ontotheology of natu...
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What Is Life? Five Great Ideas in Biology Theology and Science (IF 0.6) Pub Date : 2023-12-28 Bruce Wollenberg
Published in Theology and Science (Vol. 22, No. 1, 2024)
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The Cosmology of David Bohm: Scientific and Theological Significance Theology and Science (IF 0.6) Pub Date : 2023-12-26 Richard de Grijs, Doru Costache
We discuss David Bohm’s dual contributions as a physicist and thinker. First, de Grijs introduces Bohm’s universe, with an emphasis on the physical quest that led Bohm to the elaboration of an orig...
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Astrobiology, a New Chapter in the Book of Nature Theology and Science (IF 0.6) Pub Date : 2023-12-26 Glenn Sauer
The two books' metaphor (book of scripture and book of nature) provides an invitation for re-examining traditional Christian doctrine and practice when extra-terrestrial life is discovered. Christi...
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Science, Law, and Transubstantiation Theology and Science (IF 0.6) Pub Date : 2023-12-26 Wilfried Apfalter
Regarding the relation between theology and science, it seems to me that Catholic theology provides a remarkable case given its distinctive notion of Catholic magisterial infallibility (under certa...
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Artificial Intelligence, Reincarnation, and Resurrection. An Inquiry into the Ultimate Fulfillment of Human Nature Theology and Science (IF 0.6) Pub Date : 2023-12-26 Anne Kull
Published in Theology and Science (Vol. 22, No. 1, 2024)
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Commemorating Picton in Wales and Trinidad: Colonial legacies and the production of memorial publics Journal of Historical Geography (IF 1.031) Pub Date : 2023-12-24 Gareth Hoskins, Leighton James
This article develops a dual analysis of commemoration in Wales and Trinidad that extends outwards from a monument in the Welsh town of Carmarthen to Lieutenant General Sir Thomas Picton, the most senior officer to die at the battle of Waterloo and an aggressive imperialist who has since been accused of committing crimes against humanity in the name of the British Empire. Using torture and public executions
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Henry Tryon—the true discoverer of the potato brown rot pathogen, Ralstonia solanacearum Historical Records of Australian Science (IF 0.3) Pub Date : 2023-12-19 Malcolm J. Ryley
Within a few years of the establishment of the convict settlement at Sydney Cove, the potato became one of the staple crops of the population due to its relatively high yield and the prior experience of the convicts and free settlers with growing the crop. In 1894, Henry Tryon described a new disease in southern Queensland that caused rapid wilting of plants, a ring of slightly translucent tissue just
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Between Indispensable Epistemic Utility and Political Harm: A Response to Rosemary Bertocci and Francis Rohlf Theology and Science (IF 0.6) Pub Date : 2023-12-21 Konrad Szocik, Andrzej Rozmus
Religion still has a great potential and perhaps even a monopoly on explaining life in terms of meaning and significance. In this paper, we argue that neither the development of science nor scienti...
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Why Space is No Problem for Religion … But Time is Theology and Science (IF 0.6) Pub Date : 2023-12-21 Brian Patrick Green
Space exploration might seem like it would pose a threat to human religion, both religion-in-general and various religions-in-particular. However, this paper argues that it is not predominantly dis...